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Flooding the Market

Endangered Bats Have Slowed, But Not Stopped, a Waterfront Mega-Development in Charleston. Could Flood Risk?

After over a decade of permitting and legal challenges, felling is under way for the 9,000-acre South Carolina project. But with rising seas and worsening storms, does the city need 20,000 more people living in the floodplain?

By Daniel Shailer

A view of the salt water marsh in Cainhoy, S.C. Credit: Stephanie Gross/SELC
A house is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Debby on Aug. 6 in Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images

The Promise and Challenges of Managed Retreat

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A house sits empty as the result of a buyout program to relocate residents out of flood prone neighborhoods in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Credit: Madeline Gray/The Washington Post via Getty Images

South Carolina Is Considered a Model for ‘Managed Retreat’ From Coastal Areas Threatened by Climate Change

By Daniel Shailer

As developers build new homes to accommodate suburban sprawl, historic Black communities like Ten Mile on South Carolina's coast become increasingly vulnerable to tidal flooding. Credit: Courtesy of Dana Coleman

Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

By Daniel Shailer

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